Bakery Café Assistant General Manager — Lead & Inspire

Panera Bread; Maplewood (MN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Quarterly bonuses

Free meals on shift

Unlimited beverages

Paid time off

Health/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) with match

Job summary

Panera Bread in Minnesota is seeking an Assistant General Manager to lead a beloved bakery-cafe and delight guests daily. You’ll partner with your General Manager to oversee operations, hire, train, and develop the team, and grow the business with strong leadership and hands-on coaching.

You’ll manage staffing, ensure quality standards, and build a culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust while maintaining costs and inventory. Join us to celebrate success together.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of restaurant management experience preferred.
• ServSafe certification (or ability to achieve).
• Proven ability to drive positive results through strong business acumen.

Responsibilities

• Support your General Manager by making key decisions and problem solving.
• Plan and manage staffing needs, shift scheduling, people development, career development, and succession planning.
• Support the hiring, on-boarding, and training of new team members while motivating energizing, engaging, inspiring, and celebrating the entire team.
• Assist with managing team performance to ensure the bakery-cafe’s goals, operational and quality standards, and extraordinary guest service expectations are met.
• Partner with the General Manager to create subject matter experts within your bakery-cafe by developing managers on people’s processes and Panera’s Guiding Values & Behaviors.
• Work as a team to ensure every guest is delighted by the quality of our food, service, and our team.
• Build engaging relationships that lead to long-term, loyal guests as part of the bakery-cafe’s management team.
• Follow operational procedures designed to ensure your bakery-cafe successfully executes all company strategies and initiatives.
• Ensure team members follow company policies and procedures and comply with all federal, state and local regulations.
• Maintain a healthy and safe workplace for your team that meets Panera’s health, food, safety, and company culture standards.
• Assist your General Manager in maintaining the bakery-cafe’s overall costs and inventory.
• Help build our Culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust.

Skills

Restaurant management

People development

Staff coaching

Leadership

Tools

POS systems

Job description

Panera Bread in Minnesota is seeking an Assistant General Manager to lead a beloved bakery-cafe and delight guests daily. You’ll partner with your General Manager to oversee operations, hire, train, and develop the team, and grow the business with strong leadership and hands-on coaching.

You’ll manage staffing, ensure quality standards, and build a culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust while maintaining costs and inventory. Join us to celebrate success together.